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Kathleen B (rosierabbit) - BPL Premium Member
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Re: Re: Re: Old gear - New use Thanks, Doug. I may give it a try. I'm a good little e-bay shopper, I've just never tried selling. Or even Craigslist is a possibility. Or BPL! Anyone interested in a Mountainsmith Chi... |
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Re: Old gear - New use I've donated a few tents to the boy scouts, and I use old clothes when I volunteer as a "victim" for the MOFA course (Mountaineering Oriented First Aid). I also keep an old, heavy sl... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: throw away your boots and socks For what it's worth, I wear boots a half size larger than I would otherwise wear so that my blue Superfeet will do their thing without hogging up needed space for my foot to fit comfortably. T... |
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Re: Need pack help, suggestions There are lots of good packs out there, but an easy way to narrow it down is to just go with a ULA pack and be done with it. You can't do better. I bought a Circuit for multi-day treks a few ... |
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Re: AL crampons on Rainier My aluminum Stubais worked fine, but I had to resharpen them afterwards because the cleaver was mostly melted out and they took a clobbering. I even had to front point one step (I'm short!), a... |
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Re: Not using plastics on Rainier I wore my Zamberlan Civettas with thin liner socks and Thorlo backpacker socks during a 3-day climb (one of the guys in our group wanted 2 days on Muir to acclimatize) on Rainier using the DC route... |
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Re: Montbell Thermawrap Park; Patagonia Micropuff Jacket Thanks for your input. I just looked at the Thermawrap Parka on the Montbell site. It definitely looks like a possibility, and, as you say, hoods count for a lot of warmth. I've just about b... |
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Re: Micropuff jacket Good idea to check out the jacket. I prefer a hood anyway. I re-checked my Belay last night, and it actually weighs only 26.5 ounces. So prudence would say to stay with what I have. But I don&#... |
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Insulated jacket comparisons I've seen rave reviews of the Patagonia micro puff pullover lately. I have a Wild Things Belay jacket, wt. 35 oz., that I use for lunch breaks and evening tent sites in temperatures below 30 d... |
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Re: Best stove web site, ever John Austin in Maine makes a number of different styles of alcohol stoves for ridiculously cheap prices and superior quality if you haven't got the time, equipment, or patience to construct you... |
All Reader Reviews by Kathleen B
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Botach Tactical Customer Service I had a similar experience to David's. They sent the inferior space blankets, rather than the correct order, took forever to send a return UPS shipping label, and only yesterday admitted to recei... |
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Boomer's Guide to Lightweight Backpacking by Carol Corbridge I was very disappointed in this book. Luckily, I didn't buy it but had checked it out from the library. For starters, the book is in major need of copy editing. There are lots of awkward sent... |
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Backpacking Light Merino UL Pants These do everything BPL promised - provide comfortable warmth without being bulky. I've worn them under non-winter hiking pants all winter, and they've extended the comfort range down to 7 de... |
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Hikelight.com Company I just discovered this website that is based in Oregon. It seems to be a distributor of some of our favorite brands - SixMoonDesigns, Tarptent, Montbell, GraniteGear, and Western Mountaineering. No ... |
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HarmonyHouseFoods.com vegetables and beans I just received my second order of dehydrated food from Harmony House. First I bought the vegetable pantry stuffer - 16 different quart-sized containers of various dehydrated vegetables, and then a we... |
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Golite Paradox pants I'm not sure whether to review these in raingear or softshell clothing, because they're both. They are all-day pants, rather than rain pants to pull on over hiking pants and are made of a fab... |
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Sealskinz gloves I had the same experience as Brett. My non-waterproof gloves absorbed less water than these. |
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ULA Circuit This pack was on backorder, but it came sooner than Brian said it would. I gave it a 2-day test this last weekend on a short backpacking trip in the Cascades. I was pleased that it was as comfortabl... |
